{"id":23777,"date":"2022-11-30T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/uncategorized\/theology-for-everybody-romans-day-8\/"},"modified":"2023-02-18T12:16:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T19:16:23","slug":"theology-for-everybody-romans-day-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realfaith.com\/daily-devotions\/theology-for-everybody-romans-day-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Theology for Everybody: Romans (Day 8)","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, \u201cThe righteous shall live by faith.\u201d \u2014Paul in Romans 1:16\u201317 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul\u2019s letter to the Romans is widely considered his most towering theological work. This helps explain why it is listed first among Paul\u2019s letters in the Bible, even though it was not written first. In this way, the order of Paul\u2019s writings shows that Romans is of the first order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding Romans in comparison to the rest of Paul\u2019s writings, D. G. Miller says, \u201cSome passages in his other writings may reach higher emotional heights or contain momentary flashes of deeper intuitive insight into the wonder of the gospel, or \u2026 set forth the cosmic grandeur of the gospel in more profound terms. In its totality, however, Romans stands alone in the massiveness of its thought and the power it has released in history through its testimony to the gospel as \u2018the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith\u2019 (1:16).\u201d8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul\u2019s big idea in Romans is the Good News of the gospel of Jesus Christ. As we will examine in our study of this majestic masterpiece, this includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. God\u2019s work for us\u2014We are justified by grace through faith in Jesus Christ by imputed righteousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. God\u2019s work in us\u2014We are regenerated, or born again, by the power of the Holy Spirit by imparted righteousness.
3. God\u2019s work through us\u2014We live the Christian life as members of the Church doing ministry to serve the mission of God as the fruit of imputed and imparted righteousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After surveying a wide breadth of writings on Romans, one Bible commentary concludes, \u201cCommentators generally accept that Paul states his basic theme or thesis in Romans 1:16\u201317 and that all the letter\u2019s other ideas and themes revolve around this center.\u201d(1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting on the big idea of Romans, theologian John Murray said, \u201cThe epistle to the Romans is God\u2019s Word. Its theme is the gospel of his grace, and the gospel bespeaks the marvels of his condescension and love. If we are not overwhelmed by the glory of that gospel and ushered into the holy of holies of God\u2019s presence, we have missed the grand purpose of this sacred deposit.\u201d(2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Romans 15:14\u201333, Paul summarized his ministry to that point and outlined his missional strategy for the future. Paul was called of God to bring the gospel to non-Jews and had spent roughly 20 years evangelizing Asia Minor, Macedonia, and Greece (Achaia). He felt that his work there was largely completed. Paul\u2019s hope was to travel to Rome to encourage the church there and raise financial and spiritual support so that he could then set up a new mission outpost in Spain. In Romans 15:23\u201324, Paul says, \u201cBut now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you, I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do you think it is it significant that Paul preached a gospel of grace? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1) Derek R. Brown and E. Tod Twist, Romans<\/em>, Lexham Research Commentaries, ed. Douglas Mangum, (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2014).
(2) John Murray, The Epistle to the Romans, Vol. 1 <\/em>in The New International Commentary on the Old and New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, UK: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1968), xi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an excerpt from Theology for Everybody: Romans, a 365-Day Devotional<\/strong>c<\/a>lick here to <\/a>get your copy.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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